Countries
European Union, Finland
  
Laos
  
National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden
  
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
  
Second Language
Estonia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
- In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
- There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
- The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.
  
Similar To
Estonian and Livonian Languages
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
  
Alphabets in
Finnish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Lao-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Thai and Lao Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Moi
  
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
  
Thank You
Kiitos
  
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
  
How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?
  
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
  
Good Night
hyvää yötä
  
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
  
Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
  
Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
  
Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta
  
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
  
Please
haluta
  
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
  
Sorry
Anteeksi
  
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
  
Bye
Heippa
  
Sôhk dii der
  
I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua
  
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
  
Excuse Me
Anteeksi
  
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
  
Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish
  
Vientiane Lao
  
Where They Speak
Finland
  
Laos
  
Dialect 2
Rauma
  
Northern Lao
  
Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma
  
Laos
  
Dialect 3
Meänkieli
  
Central Lao
  
Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
5.40 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.40 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
0.01 million
  
39
Not Available
  
Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli
  
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
  
Alternative Names
Suomi
  
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
  
French Name
finnois
  
lao
  
German Name
Finnisch
  
Laotisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]
  
pʰáːsǎː láːw
  
Ethnicity
ethnic Finns
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1543
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Uralic Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
  
Tai
  
Branch
Finnic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language
  
No Early forms
  
Standard Forms
standard Finnish
  
Lao
  
Signed Forms
Signed Finnish
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fi
  
lo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fin
  
lao
  
ISO 639 2/B
fin
  
lao
  
ISO 639 3
fin
  
lao
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
finn1318
  
laoo1244
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Isolating
  
Finnish and Lao Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Finnish and Lao greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Finnish and Lao language. Finnish word for "Hello" is Moi or Lao word for "Thank You" is ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i). Find more of such common Finnish Greetings and Lao Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Finnish vs Lao Difficulty
The Finnish vs Lao difficulty level basically depends on the number of Finnish Alphabets and Lao Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Finnish and Lao are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Finnish and Lao, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Finnish is 44 weeks while to learn Lao time required is 44 weeks.